While Cardinal Bergoglio hadn't been named among the favorites ahead of the conclave, he was an early favorite in voting during the 2005 conclave that elected Benedict XVI, said one cardinal who had been present then.
Although he reportedly came second to Pope Benedict XVI during the 2005 conclave, few had predicted the election of the first pope from outside Europe in 1, 300 years.
In particular, Francis was accused in a complaint filed three days before the 2005 conclave of complicity in the 1976 kidnapping of two liberal Jesuit priests, Allen writes.
And the Vatican showed off the urns into which the cardinals will place their ballots, the same silver and bronze flying-saucer-like urns used in the 2005 conclave that elected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger pope.
That the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was second only to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in the 2005 conclave that elected Ratzinger pope has only added to the popular imagination about how these two popes of such different style, background and priorities might get along.
At the last conclave, in April 2005, cardinals had more time to prepare.
Cardinal Bergoglio, as he then was, finished second to Benedict at the 2005 papal conclave, so his appointment is neither a revolution nor a surprise.
He was runner-up in the 2005 papal conclave, behind then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, according to a profile by CNN Vatican analyst John Allen published by the National Catholic Reporter.
When cardinals elected Benedict in 2005, after a conclave that ran into a second day, the white smoke signaling the decision came about six hours after an earlier, inconclusive vote.
He voted in the conclave that elected Benedict XVI as Pope in 2005 but, as he turned 80 last August, he will be too old to vote for Benedict XVI's successor.
BBC: Papal conclave: Cormac Murphy-O'Connor's insider's view
Unlike the conclave that followed Pope John Paul II's death in 2005, cardinals didn't spend time in mourning.
Weeks later a conclave of cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel, electing him pope on April 19, 2005.
应用推荐